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Woe

הִיStrong’s H1958

hi

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Hi is the Hebrew word usually translated “wailing”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.”
Ezekiel 2:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Lamentation, wailing
How it's translated
  • and wailing 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

Related words
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    Hebrew dictionary

    הִי hi · woe

    lamentation, wailing

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “wailing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WAILING, participle present

    tense Lamenting with audible cries.

      All definitions and other forms of “wailing”

        WAILING, noun

        Loud cries of sorrow; deep lamentation.

        1. “There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth” Matthew 13:42

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.